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The way that they stood Why not? She was a stunning young wo son of a sterling family Tall and handsorapher…

He felt his fists tensing into knots at his side

Yes, there was soood kid She didn’t sleep around, she didn’t drink herself silly But it looked as if Katie was going to be the one Maybe not first…maybe that would be too obvious far too quickly But Katie would be the one who mattered

Katie wasn’t as alarmed by what had happened as she was by the fact that David Beckett had followed her, that he had seen her

And she couldn’t even try to explain

I finally saw a ghost who ht be Tanya No, she probably is Tanya She was in the ceht there was so familiar about her, and, of course, there was I’ve seen her picture, I saw it years ago

"I could have sworn I saw an old friend," she lied "I ht it was…Janis Seacloud," she said She’d had to search her one to school hoo and not returned He wouldn’t know her friends, of course Still, a lie had to be as close to the truth as possible

Bartholomeas beside her, as well

"Oh, good save, young lady," he told her "I ht you’d lost yourtojust fine on that all by yourself"

"Stop!" sheHe still had his hands on her shoulders She liked the feel of the in the street, and she was looking more unbalanced every second

"Oh, God, I ran out in thehis hold, and hurried back

She paused at the door, looking back at David "Um, thank you I’m sorry, didn’t mean to alarm anyone… I’m… Thanks!"

She hurried back to thegirls she’d helped choose a song It was an old Madonna song, and the group had a lot of fun doing it She felt unnerved, and prayed for the business of the place and the music to calhosts forever Sometimes they approached her-most often they didn’t Only Bartholo the living!

"Steady, kid, steady," Bartholomehispered to her

"Did you see her?" Katie asked

"Yes"

"Who is she?"

"I don’t know"

"You’re a ghost"

"Right! And do you know every tourist walking down the street? Tourists are living, you’re living Does it ether, Katie O’Hara And stay away froirl was Tanya Maybe she was, maybe she wasn’t Doesn’t matter-you need to stay out of it and away froh the night

"Katie?" he persisted

"Bartholomew, you need to make up yourthat he ht be a murderer"

"I do like hiroaned and turned her attention to her computer

"What the hell happened?" Liam asked David as he took his chair next to his cousin

"Beats me I’ve never seen anyone with a look like that… She said she saw an old friend"

"It’s still bizarre," Lia around and walk her home I’ve never seen Katie behave so oddly And it looks like she’s talking to herself"

Clarinda swept over to the table; she had heard Lia else for the s along with the music"

"Of course," Lia?" David asked

"It’s Saturday night; she’ll go to three," Clarinda said "Jaht By then, folks are in, and the place stays open, so people will stay And hard-core karaoke folks can go down the street to Rick’s Share the wealth, so he says"

She s else at the moment and ing around," David told Lia tiht"

"Liaht You stay But don’t decide she’s all right, okay? Make sure you see her all the way home"